Abaphenyi baphinde bathola okusha ukuba sengozini kuma-Intel chips kwenziwa kusuka ku-2011. Lawa machips atholakala kuma-Macs ngakho-ke, abahlaseli bangaluthola ulwazi kumakhompyutha ethu. Kodwa-ke, lesi senzo asilula futhi senzelwe ukuhlasela abantu abafanele abavela emazweni ahlukene.
Abaphenyi bakhulume nalo magazini I-TechCrunch ukuxhumana ukutholwa kwe- kuze kufike kumaphutha ama-4. Leli qembu selibiziwe ZombieLoad. Njengenjwayelo sincoma ukubuyekeza, kodwa kulokhu ngaphezulu uma kungenzeka enguqulweni ekhishwe yi-Apple izolo, i-macOS 10.14.5 elungisa le nkinga, ngokusho kuka-Apple.
Ezinguqulweni ngaphambi kwe-MacOS Mojave, sinesibuyekezo sokuphepha esitholakalayo esizolungisa inkinga. Abatholile bayilinganise ngamandla adonsela phansi afana nalawo atholakala ngonyaka owedlule futhi aziwa njenge Ukuncibilika kanye neSpecter. Uma ufuna ukwazi imininingwane eminingi ngalokhu kuba sengozini, ungafinyelela i-athikili eshicilelwe umphumela.
Ukusebenza kwalokhu kuba sengozini kuyafana. Uhlelo lokungena ilanda idatha kusuka kuzinqubo ezisebenzayo eqenjini lethu. Isibonelo, umlando wokuphequlula, amakhodi womsebenzisi namaphasiwedi. Okusha kwalokhu kuhlaselwa ukukwazi ukuthola idatha esefwini.
Kulesi senzakalo, lokhu kuba sengozini akubonakali kuthinte amakhompyutha aneprosesa ye-ARM ne-AMD. Esikhundleni salokho, masikhumbule ukuthi iMeltdown ne-Specter zithinte ama-processor amakhulu emakethe. Sikushiya ividiyo lapho kuboniswa ubungozi obutholakele. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, asikazitholi izimangalo zabaduni abakwazile ukuthola okuqukethwe ngamakhompyutha futhi bakudlulisele ku-Apple.
Ukuba sengozini kokugcina kubike ukwehla kokusebenza kweprosesa ukuvimbela ukungena. Ngokuphambene nalokho, ikhefu elinjalo lokusebenza alizange laziswe ebucayini obudlule. Njengoba ukuba sengozini kwamanje kumiswe ngaphansi kwamahora angama-48 edlule kusibuyekezo se-macOS 10.14.5, ukuncishiswa kokusebenza akukwazanga ukulinganiselwa. Kunoma ikuphi, uma sithola ukuhlaziywa kokusebenza okunikezela ngemininingwane, sizokutshela ngakho.